[ Matt can't tell if open war is already here, irrevocably set into motion, or if its horrible momentum can still be redirected. He hopes it can be; between Liem and Set, he's coming to the conclusion that the real enemy here is darkness. Not the night, or death, but the vantablack kind: the dark that swallows and subsumes, and leaves no trace of the energy it's taken in.
He's trying to stay optimistic. And there are good things happening right now too, even if they're only small ones. Little cracks that let the light in. So when his mind comes a-knockin' at Gavial's mental door, it's with a generally (and genuinely) sunny demeanor. ]
after matt moves into demon b&b, possibly next morning
He's trying to stay optimistic. And there are good things happening right now too, even if they're only small ones. Little cracks that let the light in. So when his mind comes a-knockin' at Gavial's mental door, it's with a generally (and genuinely) sunny demeanor. ]
A little bird told me we're housemates now.